Physics Final

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If your automobile runs out of fuel while you are driving the engine stops but you do not come to an abrupt stop. This concept that most explains why is
INERTIA
Whirl a rock at the end of a string on an ice-covered pond and it follows a circular path. If the string breaks, the tendency of the rock is to
FOLLOW A STRAIGHT-LINE PATH
A heavy object and a light object are dropped at the same time from rest in a vacuum. The heavier object reaches the ground
AT THE SAME TIME AS THE LIGHTER OBJECT
A sheet of paper can be withdrawn from under a container of milk without toppling it if the paper is jerked quickly. This best demonstrates that
THE MILK CARTON HAS INERTIA
The newton is a unit of
FORCE
An object is pulled northward by a force of 10N and at the same time another force of 5N pulls it southward. The magnitude of the resultant (net) force on the object is
5 N
The two measurements necessary for calculating average speed are:
DISTANCE AND TIME
A ball is thrown upwards and returns to the same position (neglecting air resistance). Compared with its original speed after release, its speed when it returns is about
THE SAME
The gain in speed each second for a freely-falling object is about
10 M/S
When a rock thrown straight upward gets to the exact top of its path, its
VELOCITY IS ZERO AND ITS ACCELERATION IS ABOUT 10 METERS PER SECOND DOWN
Acceleration is defined as the change in
VELOCITY DIVIDED BY THE TIME INTERVAL
Suppose you are in a car that is going around a curve. The speedometer reads a constant 30 kilometers per hour. These are true:
YOU AND THE CAR ARE ACCELERATING-YOUR SPEED IS CONSTANT
Your weight is:
THE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION FORCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE EARTH
An object is propelled along a straight-line path in space by a force. If the mass of the object somehow becomes twice as much, its acceleration:
HALVES
A coconut and a feather fall from a tree through the air to the ground below. The amount of air-resistance force is:
GREATER ON THE COCONUT